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Taken by Cassini, this is a photo of Saturn directly in line with the sun. What is amazing is how much scatter from the rings illuminates the night side of the planet. What a view that must be in the night sky from near the surface!

That itty bitty dot at ten-o-clock on the rings is Earth.

Full-size version: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/figures/PIA08329_fig2.jpg

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